Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 17 31
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 -24
Permanent jobs citing Python 282 265 402
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.77% 9.63% 6.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.84% 33.00% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 150 169 313
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,375 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £101,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +13.48% -6.81%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 726 803 1,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.86% 29.19% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 522 573 1,592
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,450 £37,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +10 115 £47,500 -22.45% 67
Oxfordshire -2 91 £63,750 +2.00% 66
Buckinghamshire -4 76 £60,000 - 29
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.71%) WordPress
3 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.35%) Camunda
3 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.35%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 73 (25.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.26%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.06%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (51.42%) Azure
2 101 (35.82%) Power Platform
3 73 (25.89%) AWS
4 59 (20.92%) Azure AI
5 29 (10.28%) GCP
6 23 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.90%) GitHub
9 11 (3.90%) OpenShift
9 11 (3.90%) SaaS
10 9 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (3.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (2.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 8 (2.84%) Serverless
12 7 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.77%) dbt
14 5 (1.77%) Figma
14 5 (1.77%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.96%) Firewall
2 5 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (1.77%) DNS
3 2 (0.71%) Internet
3 2 (0.71%) MQTT
3 2 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.71%) SpaceWire
3 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) 5G
4 1 (0.35%) Broadband
4 1 (0.35%) DHCP
4 1 (0.35%) HTTP
4 1 (0.35%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.35%) Intranet
4 1 (0.35%) Modbus
4 1 (0.35%) SMTP
4 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.35%) SSL
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
4 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (29.43%) Power BI
2 61 (21.63%) Tableau
3 13 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.19%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.19%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.84%) Metadata
8 4 (1.42%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.06%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (1.06%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.71%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.71%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.35%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.35%) MySQL
11 1 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.35%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 35 (12.41%) Git
2 17 (6.03%) GitLab
3 13 (4.61%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.13%) MLflow
5 4 (1.42%) JIRA
5 4 (1.42%) JMeter
5 4 (1.42%) JUnit
5 4 (1.42%) Mockito
6 3 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.06%) Postman
6 3 (1.06%) Selenium
6 3 (1.06%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.71%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.71%) Polyspace
7 2 (0.71%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 145 (51.42%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.05%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (17.02%) Finance
4 19 (6.74%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.67%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (4.26%) Law
6 12 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.42%) Automotive
10 4 (1.42%) Games
10 4 (1.42%) Marketing
11 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.06%) Aviation
12 2 (0.71%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.71%) Electronics
12 2 (0.71%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 84 (29.79%) Analyst
2 70 (24.82%) Data Analyst
3 53 (18.79%) Junior
4 51 (18.09%) Junior Analyst
4 51 (18.09%) Junior Data Analyst
5 44 (15.60%) Software Engineer
6 43 (15.25%) Developer
7 30 (10.64%) Senior
8 29 (10.28%) Python Engineer
9 23 (8.16%) Python Software Engineer
10 21 (7.45%) Automation Engineer
10 21 (7.45%) Data Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Power Platform Developer
12 13 (4.61%) C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (4.26%) Financial Analyst
14 11 (3.90%) Associate Director
14 11 (3.90%) C# Software Engineer
15 10 (3.55%) Network Engineer
15 10 (3.55%) Telecoms Engineer
16 9 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.28%) REST
2 15 (5.32%) JSON
2 15 (5.32%) SOAP
3 14 (4.96%) .NET
4 12 (4.26%) Middleware
5 10 (3.55%) Jinja
5 10 (3.55%) Web Services
5 10 (3.55%) XML
5 10 (3.55%) YAML
6 9 (3.19%) Lightning Web Components
6 9 (3.19%) React
6 9 (3.19%) Visualforce
7 8 (2.84%) Django
7 8 (2.84%) HTML
7 8 (2.84%) NumPy
7 8 (2.84%) Pandas
8 6 (2.13%) PyTorch
9 5 (1.77%) pytest
9 5 (1.77%) Spring
9 5 (1.77%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.28%) Low-Code
2 22 (7.80%) Life Science
3 19 (6.74%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.61%) Client/Server
4 13 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.26%) Algorithms
6 11 (3.90%) Hackathon
7 9 (3.19%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.13%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.42%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.06%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.06%) Robotics
11 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.25%) Linux
2 8 (2.84%) Unix
3 5 (1.77%) Windows
4 3 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.71%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.35%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (38.30%) AI
2 87 (30.85%) Business Intelligence
3 83 (29.43%) CI/CD
4 76 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (23.05%) Agile
6 60 (21.28%) Software Engineering
7 55 (19.50%) DevOps
8 49 (17.38%) Computer Science
9 44 (15.60%) Analytics
10 43 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (14.18%) Machine Learning
12 39 (13.83%) Data Modelling
13 37 (13.12%) Decision-Making
14 34 (12.06%) ETL
15 33 (11.70%) Data Governance
16 31 (10.99%) Containerisation
17 30 (10.64%) Deployment Automation
17 30 (10.64%) Test Automation
18 28 (9.93%) Data Pipeline
19 25 (8.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 125 (44.33%) SQL
2 50 (17.73%) JavaScript
3 43 (15.25%) C++
4 36 (12.77%) C#
5 28 (9.93%) Java
6 18 (6.38%) C
7 15 (5.32%) VBA
8 14 (4.96%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.61%) Rust
10 9 (3.19%) Apex Code
11 8 (2.84%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.48%) R
13 6 (2.13%) Bash
14 5 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.77%) Go
14 5 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.42%) PowerShell
16 3 (1.06%) PHP
17 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
17 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (27.66%) Degree
2 59 (20.92%) Azure Certification
3 36 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (8.87%) Master's Degree
5 19 (6.74%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.26%) ACCA
6 12 (4.26%) CIMA
6 12 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.13%) PhD
8 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.64%) QA
2 20 (7.09%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.42%) ECSS
5 2 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (0.71%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.71%) GxP
5 2 (0.71%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.71%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (9.22%) Docker
2 16 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.32%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.96%) KVM
5 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.42%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.96%) Terraform
3 8 (2.84%) Ansible
4 5 (1.77%) Kibana
5 3 (1.06%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.71%) Argo
6 2 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) Control-M
7 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.35%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.38%) SAP
3 16 (5.67%) VMware
4 13 (4.61%) Databricks
5 12 (4.26%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.55%) Cisco
6 10 (3.55%) Oracle
7 9 (3.19%) MuleSoft
7 9 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.77%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.77%) F5
8 5 (1.77%) Google
8 5 (1.77%) Juniper
8 5 (1.77%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.71%) Agilent
10 2 (0.71%) IBM
10 2 (0.71%) Informatica
10 2 (0.71%) NVIDIA